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French energy company Total has made a major gas condensate discovery at the Luiperd prospect, 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa.
This discovery follows the adjacent Brulpadda discovery in 2019, which turned out to be a major new oil province in the region, the company said in a statement on Wednesday (October 28).
“We are very pleased with this second discovery and its very encouraging results, which demonstrate the world-class nature of this offshore gas game,” said Arnaud Breuillac, Total’s president of exploration and production. ‘
“With this discovery and successful seismic acquisitions, Total and its partners have acquired important data on Paddavissie Street, which will help advance development studies and collaborate with South African authorities regarding potential gas marketing conditions. .
Block 11B / 12B where the discovery was made covers an area of 19,000 square kilometers, with water depths ranging between 200 and 1,800 meters.
It is operated by Total with a 45% working share, along with Qatar Petroleum (25%), CNR International (20%) and Main Street, a South African consortium (10%).
“The Luiperd well was drilled to a total depth of about 3,400 meters and found 73 meters of net layer of gas condensate in well developed and good quality Lower Cretaceous reservoirs.
“After a comprehensive logging and coring program, the well will be tested to assess the dynamic characteristics of the reservoir and delivery capacity,” said Total.
In February 2019, Total announced that it had made a major gas condensate discovery 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa at the Brulpadda well.
The Brulpadda well (‘Bullfrog well’), located off the Mossel Bay coast, is one of several highly anticipated exploration prospects by the company.
Total has previously indicated that the Brulpadda field could contain between 500 million and more than 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent.
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